EP0066805A3 - Substraction fluoroscopy method and apparatus - Google Patents

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EP0066805A3
EP0066805A3 EP82104686A EP82104686A EP0066805A3 EP 0066805 A3 EP0066805 A3 EP 0066805A3 EP 82104686 A EP82104686 A EP 82104686A EP 82104686 A EP82104686 A EP 82104686A EP 0066805 A3 EP0066805 A3 EP 0066805A3
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substraction
fluoroscopy method
fluoroscopy
substraction fluoroscopy
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Gary Sylvester Keyes
Jean-Pierre Jacques Georges
Dennis Gilbert Dallapiazza
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/30—Transforming light or analogous information into electric information
    • H04N5/32—Transforming X-rays
    • H04N5/3205—Transforming X-rays using subtraction imaging techniques

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EP82104686A 1981-06-08 1982-05-28 Subtraction fluoroscopy method and apparatus Expired EP0066805B1 (en)

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US06/271,314 US4393402A (en) 1981-06-08 1981-06-08 Subtraction fluoroscopy method and apparatus
US271314 1994-07-06

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EP0066805A3 true EP0066805A3 (en) 1984-01-11
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EP0066805B1 (en) 1986-02-26
JPS589489A (en) 1983-01-19
EP0066805A2 (en) 1982-12-15
JPH0261837B2 (en) 1990-12-21
US4393402A (en) 1983-07-12
JPH0220978A (en) 1990-01-24

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